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WorksheetsTechnical Training Quiz
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Jean-François Pilâtre De Rozier and François Laurent are the first humans to fly in a hot air balloon on:
27 December 1781
21 November 1783
26 September 1789
20 October 1785
The first crossing of the English Channel in a hot air balloon was achieved by Jean-Pierre Blanchard and the American John Jeffries in:
1782
1790
1785
1795
The largest airship ever built was the:
USS Akron
Graf Zeppelin
English R34
Hindenburg
Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel on:
September 23rd 1913
July 25th 1909
October 23rd 1906
January 13th 1908
On September 23rd 1913 the first crossing of the Mediterranean Sea was accomplished by:
Henri Farman
Ferdinand Ferber
Henri Fabre
Roland Garros
The first powered and controlled flight was done by:
Clément Ader in 1890
Roland Garros in 1913
The Wright brothers in 1903
Ferdinand Ferber in 1905
The pilot ace with most victories (80) in World War I was:
Réné Fonck
Manfred von Richthofen
Billy Bishop
Eddie Rickenbacker
The first aerial victory happened on:
2 juillet 1915
22 août 1914
8 septembre 1914
5 octobre 1914
The oldest airline still in existence today is:
Lufthansa
KLM
Air France
Quantas
Charles Lindbergh accomplished the first solo Atlantic crossing in:
1925
1926
1927
1928
The aircraft which flew between Esch sur Alzette and Croydon for Radio Luxembourg in 1938/39 was called the:
Luxembourg Speaker
Luxembourg Radio
Luxembourg Listener
Luxembourg Talker
The first nuclear bomb ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on Japan on:
9th of August 1945 on Nagasaki
12th of August 1945 on Kyoto
6th of August 1945 on Hiroshima
5th of August 1945 on Tokyo
The only operational jet fighter aircraft of World War II was the:
Heinkel He 178
Dassault Ouragan
Gloster Meteor
Messerschmitt ME 262
The Battle of Britain was fought from:
March 1939 to June 1940
July 1940 to May 1941
September 1941 to March 1942
July 1942 to April 1943
The first pilot to break the sound barrier in level flight was:
Robert White
Louis Blériot
Paul Tibbets
Chuck Yeager
The world's first jet airliner was the:
Sud Aviation Caravelle
Boeing 707
De Havilland Comet
Airbus A300
The rocket plane which holds the records for speed 4.520 km/h (Mach 6.7) and altitude 354.200 feet is the:
Lockheed SR-71
Lockheed U2
Bell X-1
North American X-15
Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space in:
1957
1961
1965
1972
The first man on the moon was:
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Alexandre Leonov
John Glenn
The space station which is still in service is:
ISS
Salyut
Columbia
MIR
What is the fuselage of the aircraft?
Component which generates the lift forces on the aircraft
Central body of an aircraft and is designed to accommodate the crew, passengers and cargo
Carries the load of the aircraft on the ground
Aircraft engine, providing the thrust to fly
What material is used mainly in aircraft construction?
Balsa wood
Iron
Aluminum
Titanium
What is the empennage of the aircraft?
Optional aerodynamic part
Essential part of the wing
Entire tail group of the aircraft
Fin and rudder
What determines mainly the number of gears/tires of an aircraft?
Visual impression
Weight of the aircraft
Number of passengers
Type of powerplant
A conventional landing gear consists of:
2 main landing gears and a wheel at the tail
2 main landing gears and a wheel at the nose
4 main landing gears
Floats
The ideal composition of the fuel-air mixture combustion corresponds to burning 1 gram of fuel for every:
17 g of air
20 g of air
15 g of air
8 g of air
Richness of the fuel to air mixture:
Increases with altitude
Decreases with altitude
Remains constant regardless of altitude
Varies with intake pressure
In an internal combustion engine, the crankshaft:
is used to limit the cylinder movement
transmits the movement of the valves to the connecting rods
transmits the movement of the pistons to the cylinders
transmits the movement of the pistons to the rotation of the propeller shaft
What is the function of the magneto:
required to control the fuel/air mixture
provides fuel to the induction system
cooling of the aircraft engine
provides a spark that ignites the fuel/air mixture in the cylinders
What is the correct sequence of the four-stroke cycle:
intake, compression, power, exhaust
compression, intake, exhaust, power
power, compression, intake, exhaust
intake, exhaust, compression, power
What is not a function of the oil system:
Lubrication of the engine’s moving parts
Ensuring proper amount of fuel is delivered to the cylinder
Cooling of the engine by reducing friction
Carrying away contaminants
The airspeed indicator indicates:
how fast the aircraft is flying in air
how fast the aircraft is flying over the ground
atmospheric pressure at ground level
the aircraft vertical speed
To measure the speed of the aircraft, the airspeed indicator uses:
total pressure and impact pressure
only the total pressure
dynamic pressure and static pressure
total pressure and static pressure
On the airspeed indicator, the upper end of the white arc corresponds to:
On the airspeed indicator, the upper end of the white arc corresponds to:
the never exceed speed
the stall speed with the flaps extended
the maximum speed with the flaps extended
the turbulence speed
What pressure is used by the altimeter?
Total pressure
Static pressure
Dynamic pressure
Gauge pressure
The vertical speed indicator is an on-board instrument that measures:
the aircraft forward speed
the altitude
the fuel consumption
the vertical speed of the aircraft
The vertical speed indicator works by measuring:
Dynamic pressure
Static pressure
Total pressure
Temperature
The "VNE" airspeed corresponds to:
the maximum speed with flaps extended
the minimum speed
the speed never to be exceeded
the speed to be used in the final landing phase
An artificial horizon gives information for:
Pitch and roll
Pitch and yaw
Pitch and magnetic heading
Roll and yaw
The artificial horizon below shows the following attitude:
Left turn with a pitch up of 8°
Left turn with a pitch down of 8°
Right turn with a pitch up of 8°
Right turn with a pitch down of 8°
Which device on the instrument panel does not use a gyroscope?
Turn indicator
Artificial horizon
Heading indicator
Magnetic compass
To where does the compass point to?
Heading selected by the pilot
True north
Magnetic north
Center of the earth
What do typical engine instruments not indicate?
Cylinder head temperature
Passenger compartment temperature
Exhaust gas temperature
Oil temperature and pressure
What instrument is part of the basic T configuration?
Magnetic compass
Vertical speed indicator
Turn coordinator
Heading indicator
Ailerons are attached:
Close to the fuselage at the trailing edge of the wings
At the trailing edge close to the outboard wings
At the leading edge of the wing
At the leading edge of the outboard wing
The Chord:
Is the distance between left and right wingtip
Is the distance between Extrados and Intrados
Is the distance between leading and trailing edge of the wing
The thickness of the wing
Lift:
Increases at V2
Is perpendicular to the Chord
Is perpendicular to the relative airflow
A and C are correct
Drag:
increases with Altitude
decreases at low Speed
decreases with Altitude
is only affected by the wings shape
Best Glide Speed is the speed:
where Lift is at maximum
where the angle of attack reaches the Stalling speed
where Lift to Drag ratio is best
where Drag is lowest
Stall:
Occurs always at the same speed
An aircraft never stalls at high speed
Occurs always at the same angle of attack
Occurs only at low speeds
Load factor:
Increases with the angle of bank
At 60° Bank the load factor is 2
At 0° Bank the Load factor is 0
A and B are correct
Moving the controls to the right (right turn):
The ac rolls to the left around the longitudinal axis
Left aileron is up, right aileron is down
Both ailerons moves down
Left aileron descends, right aileron moves up
Pushing the left Rudder pedal:
the ac yaws to the right
the ac rolls to the right
the ac yaws to the left
the ac yaws to the right around the longitudinal axis
Flaps:
Are close to the outboard wing
Are only used for landing
Increases only drag
Changes the shape of the airfoil
In a straight and level flight:
Lift is opposed to Drag
the angle of attack changes with ac speed
an increase in Power increases Speed and Drag
B and C are correct
Taking off from a short field with obstacles:
the ac climbs at best rate of climb speed
takes off with max Flaps
the ac climbs at best angle of climb speed
takes off with tail wind
Best gliding distance can be achieved:
at lowest speed
with 0 flaps
decreases if the ac speed is lower or higher than best glide speed
B and C are correct
At 60° bank angle stalling speed:
decreases by 40 %
increases by 60 %
remains the same as in level flight
increases by 40 %
Load factor:
increases with the angle of bank
is the difference between resultant weight and real weight
limit load factor is +3.8 for normal category ac
A et B et C are correct
Concerning Mass and Balance:
CG position is more important than Weight
an ac can be loaded above max take off weight as long as the CG remains in his limit
Mass and Balance should be computed at least one time per day
Mass and Balance calculation must be done before every flight
Concerning CG:
rearward CG increases manoeuvrability
forward CG increases manoeuvrability
forward CG increases Stability
A et C are correct
When an aircraft stalls it is:
easier to recover with an forward CG
easier to recover with a rearward CG
impossible to recover with an CG outside the rear Limit
A et C sont correctes
Weight distribution:
has an influence on take-off distance
has no influence on fuel consumption
fuel consumption increases with a forward CG
A and C are correct
On a 4 seats plane with only a pilot and copilot on board:
the ac is always inside the CG limits
for take off and landing the copilot has to move to the backseat
the CG is to far rearward
the CG might be to far forward
The correct formula is?
C = f x λ
C = f / λ
λ = C x f
Λ= f / C
Speed of light (C) is:
300.000 m/s
300.000 NM/s
300.000 km/s
162.000 km/s
What is the meaning of Affirm?
No
Yes
Approved
correct
QDM is?
Magnetic orientation of the RWY
Magnetic heading
True bearing
True heading
The correct version of LXAIB is?
Lima X-ray Alpha India Bravo
Linda X-ray Alpha India Bravo
Lima X-ray Alpha India Brava
Lira X-ray Alpha Iris Bravo
QBA is?
Visibility
Ceiling
Direction and force of wind
Estimated time of arrival
The meridian passing through Greenwich is known as?
Main Meridian.
Equator.
Great Meridian.
Prime Meridian.
The meridian passing through Greenwich is known as?
Main Meridian.
Equator.
Great Meridian.
Prime Meridian.
A Rhumb Line is?
A regularly curved line on the Earth's surface which cuts all parallels of Latitude at the same angle.
A line showing True north.
A regularly curved line on the Earth's surface which cuts all meridians at the same angle.
A line on the surface of the Earth whose centre and radius are those of the Earth.
Which points on the Earth's surface determine the Earth's axis?
North geographic pole and north magnetic pole.
North and south geographic pole.
North and south magnetic pole.
Equator-hemisphere.N-0001.
What is the characteristic of the Rhumb Line?
It is the Great Circle.
It is the shortest distance between two points on the Earth's globe.
It cuts meridians under various angles.
It cuts meridians under constant angle.
The Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC) is
The Local Time.
The time on the longitude 0 degrees (Greenwich meridian).
The Zone Time.
The MidEuropean Time.
The distance of 1 NM equals to
1,111 m.
1,432 m.
1,852 m.
1,609 m.
On a chart, 6 cm represents the distance 15 km. What is the scale of the chart?
1:250 000.
1:300 000.
1:400 000.
1:500 000.
Thescale of the chart is 1:500 000. How many centimetres represents the distance 105km?
10.5 cm.
42.0 cm.
84.0 cm.
21.0 cm.
The distance between the points ALFA and BRAVO is 107 NM. If an aircraft covers first 16 NM in 10 minutes, what time does it take to travel the entire route ALFA-BRAVO with the same groundspeed?
1 hour and 6 minutes.
1 hour and 3 minutes.
1 hour and 1 minute.
59 minutes.
An altitude 1500 meters is approximately
4,900 ft.
3,600 ft.
4,000 ft.
4,500 ft.
On a chart we read the obstacle altitude 275 meters. Regarding the rule of height clearance 1,000 feet over obstacles, what is the lowest altitude for overflying the obstacle?
1,900 ft.
2,230 ft.
2,130 ft.
1,230 ft.
Altitude 6,000 ft is approximately
1,800 m.
1,200 m.
3,000 m.
12,000 m.
How far will an aircraft travel in 2-1/2 minutes with a groundspeed of 98 knots?
2,5 km
4.08 NM.
2.45 NM.
3.35 km.
A Wind Correction Angle is the angle difference between
True heading and desired true course.
Desired true and desired magnetic course.
True and magnetic heading.
Magnetic and compass heading in no wind condition.
Which azimuth corresponds to the general direction WNW?
247.5°.
292.5°.
337.5°.
202.5°.
The angle between a direction toward geographic north and a direction toward magnetic north is called
Variation.
Compass deviation.
Inclination.
Convergency of meridians.
A VFR-flight is:
flying within visible flight rules.
flying within instrument flight rules.
a commercial flight.
flying during daylight.
The following pilots’ documents are mandatory for flights
driver licence, logbook, valid medical
valid pilot licence, pilot logbook, latest weather report
valid pilot licence, pilot logbook, valid medical
valid pilot licence, aircraft logbook, latest blood analyses
The most important Instrument in the Cockpit is:
The magnetic compass
The airspeed indicator
Your brain
The altimeter
Which velocity is measured in principle by every GPS instrument?
Ground Speed.
True Air Speed.
Vertical Speed.
Wind Speed.
Fast movements (arms) from Aircraft Marshallers means:
Normal Stop
Establish communication
Emergency Stop
Stop Engines
During the night, lower air masses are heated mainly by:
The soil/ground
Lunar radiation
The ozone layer
Earth rotation
The international and aeronautic unit of pressure is:
Pascal
Newton
Millimeter of mercury
Isobare
15°C corresponds to __K :
0
100
258
288
The ascending and descending of the air masses, due to heating of the soil during daytime, is called:
conduction
coalescence
subsidence
convection
The pressure in the lower atmosphere:
Increases 1 hPa during a 28 ft climb
Decreases by 28 hPa during a 1 ft climb
Increases 1 hPa during a 28 m climb
Decreases 1 hPa during a 28 ft climb
Following clouds will have hail:
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Altostratus
Cirrostratus
Stratus clouds are:
Dangerous due to turbulences and precipitation
Dangerous due to low level
Good for sailplanes due to updraft of air masses
High ranging/expending in altitude
Under which clouds can we expect rain showers:
Cumulus and cumulonimbus
Nimbus and nimbostratus
Stratus and stratocumulus
Cirrus and cirrocumulus
Winds dominating in France are:
The Mistral which is a southerly wind and the Autan wind which is a westerly wind
The Tramontana which is a north-west wind and the Autan wind which is a north wind
The Mistral which is a southerly wind, the Tramontane which is a north-westerly wind and the Autan wind which is a south-easterly wind.
The Mistral which is a north wind, the Tramontana which is a north-west wind and the Autan wind which is a south-easterly wind.
A 225° wind is blowing:
To the southwest
From southeast
To the southeast
From southwest
At sea level, the maximum atmospheric pressure is 1013 hPa, meaning that it is a:
What is the correct description of the wind represented in this way on a TEMSI chart?
Wind from 315° with 31 knots
Wind from 135° with 61 km/h.
Wind from northeast with 35 m/s.
Wind from 135° and 65 knots.
The symbol opposite on a meteorological map means:
A cold front
A warm front
No wind area
Isobaric couverture
In the northern hemisphere we see that the prevailing winds associate a low-pressure area:
Move from west to east
Move from east to the west
Rotate clockwise around the center of the low pressure
Rotate counterclockwise around the center of the low pressure
At night, in the absence of any wind gradient (no wind), one can expect to meet:
A strong mistral on the Atlantic
Land breeze
Sea breeze
None of the above is correct
A front is:
A narrow transition zone between a low pressure and a high pressure
A squall line (line of thunderstorms)
A narrow transition zone between two air masses of different temperatures
A large area of uniform atmospheric pressure
